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epigrams

epigrams is the plural of epigram.

Meaning of epigram

Noun

epigram (plural epigrams)

  1. (obsolete) An inscription in stone.
  2. A brief but witty saying.
  3. A short, witty or pithy poem.
    • The second has written a sonnet
      upon the mutability of woman,
      And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.1916, Ezra Pound, Lustra, The Three Poets

Questions about epigrams

What is epigrams the plural of?
Epigrams is the plural of epigram.

Words near epigrams in the dictionary

  1. epigrammatizing
  2. epigramme
  3. epigrammes
  4. epigrammist
  5. epigrammists
  6. epigrams
  7. epigraph
  8. epigraphed
  9. epigrapher
  10. epigraphers
  11. epigraphic

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